Private Bulgaria tours Pirin
Bulgaria can easily be called a mountainous country. Almost half of its territory is home to different in size, height, character and origin mountainous formations. Mountains in Bulgaria are so various. They are small...
The Falcon part 5
“Since the hour, most honored lady,” began Federigo, “that I first fixed my affection on you, I have always found Fortune most perverse and cruel to me, but all her blows I consider light...
The Falcon part 4
He then spread on his table a napkin of snowy whiteness, one of the few things which yet remained to him of his former possessions, and after some time, with a cheerful aspect returned...
The Falcon part 3
She then said to her son, “My dear son, be comforted, and get well, for I promise you that the first thing in the morning, I will go myself for the falcon, and bring...
The Falcon part 2
Being thus unable to live any longer in the city in the style he was accustomed to, and being more than ever enamored of the lady, he departed to his little estate in the...
The Falcon part 1
Giovanni Boccaccio (1313-1375)
Boccaccio is one of the supreme figures in Italian literature. Great as a reformer of the language, he was at the same time a born teller of tales. He tells us that...
Mateo Falcone part 11
Giuseppa embraced her son, and bursting into tears entered the house. She threw herself on her knees before an image of the Virgin and prayed ardently. In the meanwhile Falcone walked some two hundred...
Mateo Falcone part 10
Fortunato had gone into the house when his father arrived, but now he reappeared with a bowl of milk which he handed with downcast eyes to Gianetto.
“Get away from me!” cried the outlaw, in...
Mateo Falcone part 9
In this perplexity he took a bold step. It was to advance alone towards Mateo and tell him of the affair while accosting him as an old acquaintance, but the short space that separated...
Mateo Falcone part 8
“Good,” said the prisoner. “You will also put a little straw on your litter that I may be more comfortable.”
While some of the soldiers were occupied in making a kind of stretcher out of...
